Explore a custom sculpture experience in clay with veteran ceramicist, Marguerita Hagan. Learn various hand-building processes with an emphasis on abstraction. Create work that is either wall-hanging or free-standing, focused on 3D qualities or surface treatments, or both. Whatever you imagine will be supported with experienced individualized attention and specific hand-building and painting techniques to manifest your intention. Gain exposure not only to hand-building directions but also to many surface treatment methods including airbrush, underglaze paints, pencils, masking, resist, glaze, overglaze lusters, and waterslide and rice paper transfer decals. Come with no experience or translate your existing practice into the transformative language of clay.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Marguerita Hagan
Cost: $325
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Modeling the portrait in clay is a foundational skill of traditional sculpture. Working from a model, learn to create a portrait from composition to completed sculpture. Instruction for this uniquely comprehensive course will encompass learning to build an armature, modeling the form in clay, and casting in plaster to preserve the finished artwork. Topics of study will include proportion, composition, structure, and simplified sculptural form.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Morgan Dummitt
Cost: $615
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Facilitated, uninstructed long pose figure drawing/painting/sculpting with nude fine art model. Pre-registration is required.? Bring your own easel, OR we have 8 workhorses, 5 easels, & 8 boards to share. Bring your own art supplies. NO toxic paint cleaners! All skill levels and mediums are welcome.
 
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Cost: $30
Sponsor: Art of Modeling
Website, email, 831-421-2684

Facilitated, uninstructed long pose figure drawing/painting/sculpting with nude fine art model. Pre-registration is required.? Bring your own easel, OR we have 8 workhorses, 5 easels, & 8 boards to share. Bring your own art supplies. NO toxic paint cleaners! All skill levels and mediums are welcome
 
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Cost: $30
Sponsor: Art of Modeling
Website, email, 831-421-2684

Welcome to the 3D Art Class: Wood Cubes and Collage Creations, where students will explore the intersection of sculptural forms and collage techniques using wood cubes. The class objectives include learning 3D art and design fundamentals, developing skills in wood cube construction, and creating dynamic collages with mixed media. Students will be supplied with wood cubes & assorted collage materials. Students are encouraged to bring collage images to use in their work. Personal experimentation and expression will be encouraged. All levels of artistic abilities are suitable for this class, even beginners.
 
Location: Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Instructor: Rose Cofield
Cost: $150
Sponsor: Art League of Hilton Head
Website, email, (843) 842-5738

Our all-inclusive retreat is designed for women only, to enjoy a week of art classes in a small group setting, taught by owner/artist, Christy Wilcox. We are located in a small town in the Finger Lakes Region of NY between Cayuga and Seneca Lakes. You can choose one of 3 enchanting guest rooms in our beautifully remodeled, Victorian home. During this retreat you will learn all about polymer clay and create miniature landscapes on rocks featuring mushrooms, plant and bug life. Creativity is encouraged! Landscapes are secured in glass domes after baking. Each retreat includes all your lodging, gourmet meals and art supplies.
 
Location: Interlaken, New York
Instructor: Christy Wilcox
Cost: $2,250
Sponsor: Christy's Place
Website, email, 607-319-1423

Facilitated, uninstructed long pose figure drawing/painting/sculpting with nude fine art model. Pre-registration is required.? Bring your own easel, OR we have 8 workhorses, 5 easels, & 8 boards to share. Bring your own art supplies. NO toxic paint cleaners! All skill levels and mediums are welcome.
 
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Cost: $30
Sponsor: Art of Modeling
Website, email, 831-421-2684

Join award-winning artist Shelley Hoist in her Kealakekua studio on Hawaii Island for a rare opportunity to explore Hawaiian Palm Fiber. Limited to 4 students, experience begins with rainforest harvesting, followed by hands-on sculpting, stitching, and even collage. No experience needed—just a desire to explore this unique medium and connect with nature. Her internationally collected work ranges from baskets to wearable art and sculpture to ceremonial vessels, she shares proprietary techniques developed over decades. Rain-or-shine workshop is about personal exploration, not commercial replication. All materials included, morning drinks, muffins, garden courtyard lunch, and closing Show and Share. Each student creates at least one basket and one vessel—often more. Find creative transformation and self-expression in Hawaii’s magical natural world.
 
Location: Kealakekua, Hawaii
Instructor: Shelley Hoist
Cost: $1200
Sponsor: Shelley Hoist, Fine Fiber Art
Website, email, 808-937-1774